Skirt, petticoat, and the like.



V. SABLOVB.

, AND THB LIKE.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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SKIRT, PETTIGOAT APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

VICTOR SABLOVE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SKIRT, PETTICOAT, AND THE LIKE.

Losaaes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1912.

Patented J an. 2G, 1914i.

Serial No. 722,568.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Vieron Sixnovn, a citizen of the United Stat-es,residing at Philadelphia., in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania., have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1nSkirts, Petticoats, and the like, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in skirts, petticoa-ts, and thelike, the object of the invention being to provide an improved skirtwhich is adjustable to t various sizes of waist and hips, so that theskirts may be manufactured of a uniform size and be adjusted by thepurchaser to exactly fit the wearer.

A further object is to provide a skirt with `an inside panel at the backwhich is formed integral with the body of the skirt at the waist andseat, which permits the skirt at the waist to be expanded forming a V atthe back and provide improved snap button members at the waist linewhich engage any of a plurality of snap button members on the panel,whereby the skirt may be adjusted to nicely fit the figure.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a view in rear elevationillustrating my improved skirt adjusted to its smallest size. Fig. 2 isa similar view showing the skirt adjusted to its largest size. Fig. 3 isa fragmentary view in front elevation of the skirt with a portion of thefront cut away to eX- pose the panel in the rear of the skirt. Fig. l isan enlarged view in transverse section through the panel and the waistportion of the skirt. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of that portionof the skirt pattern showing the construct-ion of the rear of the skirtwhich forms a panel.

l represents a skirt or petticoat, and while I shall term the same askirt, it is to be understood that this term is used in its broadestsense to include a petticoat or other article which is capable of aconstruction such as hereinafter described.

The back portion of the skirt is cut out in making the skirt inconformity with the pattern such as shown in Fig. 5. The waist portionof the pattern is cut on a curved line 2, and the lower portion of thegoods are cut on the lines 3, 3 and on the transverse line l, so thatwhen the edges 5, 5, are brought together, the surplus material betweenthe dotted lines 7 and 8 will be folded inside the skirt to form aninside panel which extends from the line 9 to line l0, and the patternpreferably has a central fold line 1la which may or may not be formed inthe goods.

VVhenthe rear of t-he skirt is cut out in conformity to the patternshown in Fig. 5, and the goods pressed upon the lines 7, S, 9, and 10,the outside edges of the skirt will come together as shown in Fig. l,hiding completely the inside panel illustrated by the reference numeralll. The lower end 0f the material forming the panel is folded uponitself, and when the skirt is seamed together, this folded portion issewed to the body of the skirt by a triangular line of stitching l2 asindicated in Figs. l and 2.

It will be noted that the fold lines all taper so that they are closertogether at their lower ends than at their upper ends. This gives to thepanel 11, a general t-riangular shape with the widest portion of thepanel at the waist line, so that the skirt may be expanded at the waistline into general V-shape at the back as shown in Fig. 2 to expose thepanel.

On the waist band 12a of the skirt, at both sides of the folded portion,snap button members 13 are located and along the upper edge of thepanel, a plurality of snap button members la are located to receive inany of them, the snap button members 13.

It is my intention to manufacture skirts which in the form shown in Fig.l, are adapted to fit the smaller sizes of women, and when in the shapeshown in Fig. 2, the larger sizes, so that by adjusting the skirt andsecuring the snap button members 13 in the proper snap button members14, the

skirt may be adjusted to fit any size. Fur- Various slight changes mightbe made in the general form and arrangement of parts described withoutdeparting from my in vention, and hence I do not limit myself to theprecise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make suchchanges and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claim.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is:

A skirt having its rear section out out at an intermediate portion at apoint appreciably below its upper edge, and folded upon diverging foldlines extending from said cut 15 l ont portion to the upper edge of thesection, whereby an inside integral panel is formed, and fasteningdevices on the waist portion of the skirt and upon the panel,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

R. H. KRENKEL.

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Washington, D. C.

